Press Barred by Interim Unit in Iowa
Iowa's legislative interim committee barred press access on request of two members and approved a secret ballot rule for any member. Rep. Frommelt voted no on the rules, and failed to move elimination or prior suggestion requirements for secret ballots. The panel also refused $555 for the Iowa Braille and Light-Saving School lightning damage and deferred $150,000 armory remodeling at Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Braille and Light-Saving School
Iowa State College
Telephone Exchange at Rowley Is Sold
Independence announces the purchase of the Rowley Telephone Company by E. L. Lane of Independence, who becomes president of the Rowley Telephone Exchange Corporation. Other officers are G. H. Gilliland as secretary and Edna Lane as treasurer. The sale effective June 1. former owners were Mr. and Mrs. Oris Evers. Plans include improving the physical property and distribution lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Rowley Telephone Company
E. L. Lane
Rowley Telephone Exchange Corporation
G. H. Gilliland
Edna Lane
Oris Evers
Lane
Davenport Man Unconscious After Fall From Ladder
Roy Breeding a 55 year old Davenport resident was found unconscious on the floor of his home after a fall from a stepladder. He remained in a coma at a Davenport hospital two days after the incident. A relative reported him missing when he did not report for work.
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Davenport
INS
Roy Breeding
East Iowans Named By Post Office Clerks
Bur Kieser of Sioux City was reelected president of the Iowa State Federation of Post Office Clerks at the four day convention. Vice presidents named were Asa E. Heamlin Des Moines Jack Mahr Atlantic Edward Rabbitt Fort Dodge Al Johnson Jr Fairfield and William D. Rosencrans Anamosa. Vernon W. Benda Cedar Rapids was elected secretary treasurer. Sioux City was chosen to host the 1956 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Bur! Kieser
Sioux City
Iowa State Federation of Post Office Clerks
Asa E. Heamlin
Des Moines
Jack Mahr
Atlantic
Edward Rabbitt
al Johnson
East Iowans Win SUI Medical Research Fellowships
Twenty seven University of Iowa College of Medicine students receive summer research fellowships funded by the Western Institute on Epilepsy the NIH the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis the Lederle Laboratories the American Tobacco Research Council and the SUI medical school. Gazette area students cited include Kenneth Dolan Cedar Rapids Richard Griesenbeck Wayne Welcher Eugene Worton Iowa City William Kettlekamp Monona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Western Institute On Epilepsy
National Institutes of Health
Iowa
American Cancer Society
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lederle Laboratories
American Tobacco Research Council
SUI College of Medicine
Kenneth D. Dolan
Cedar Rapids
Richard Griesenbeck
Wayne Welcher
Eugene W. Worton
William E. Kettlekamp
Monona
June 15 Deadline Set for North English Dairy Princess Contest
The dairy princess contest in North English will select two winners from Iowa and Keokuk counties at Butter Ball on June 20. Entries must be filed by June 15, open to single girls ages 17 to 22 who have completed high school. The victors advance to the state dairy princess event June 29 in Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa County
Keokuk County
North English
Waverly
Fifty Students Apply for Political Internships in Washington
More than 50 students from 14 Iowa colleges have applied for a Washington DC summer political internship. Twelve student leaders will be chosen to spend a week in the capital to gain insight into national government. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Citizenship Clearing House the Republican and Democratic parties and Rep. Fred Schwengel. Two students—one Democrat and one Republican—will stay at Schwengel's home. Tours begin after June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Iowa Citizenship Clearing House
Fred Schwengel
R-Ia
Washington
Schwengel
Courthouse Bond Won in Osceola Vote
Osceola voters approved a $275000 bond issue to build a two story Clark county courthouse by 1573 to 186. Construction is hoped to start this summer.
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Osceola
INS
Clark County
Tipton Selects Two Diesel Generators for City Standby
Tipton city council awarded a contract to Enterprise Equipment and Machinery Co of San Francisco for two diesel generators about 450 kw each with delivery in 90 days. The project cost about 100000 funded by revenue bonds with no millage increase.West Branch council also negotiated with Mechanical Construction Inc of Moline for sewer system improvements at 39810.
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Tipton
Enterprise Equipment and Machinery Company of
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Transformer Company
West Branch
Mechanical Construction, Inc
Moline
Air Cadets at SUI Commissioned as Second Lieutenants
Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at the University of Iowa will receive commissions Friday as second lieutenants in the air force during SUI Commencement day activities. Recipients include Roderic W. Malcolm Belle Plaine Thomas E. Macomber Cascade William H. Steele Donald C. Templeman James S. Reeder Jr Cedar Rapids Thomas F Nugent Earlville Thomas E. Archer John C. Mott John V. Wait Iowa City Hall Schimmelpfennig Sigourney James E. Lloyd Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Bertram Plans Public Meeting on School Merger
Bertram township residents will gather in Bertram hall Friday at 8 p m to discuss the consolidation of Bertram and Mt Vernon school districts. A general discussion will precede the merger vote set for June 21 at Mt Vernon and Bertram.
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Bertram
Bertram Township
Bertram Hall
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon and
East Iowans at SUI To Receive Awards and Honors
Iowa City students from The Gazette area will receive honors Friday at the University of Iowa commencement. Recipients include Geske, Graham, Hughes, Miller, Hochstetler, Boling, Navin Jr., Penhollow, Brady, Thomson, Phelps, Sears, Zadnichek, Templeman, Meade, Nilles, Nilles, Kugel, Reeder, Steele, Weinberg, Peterson, Owens, Maher, La Scina, Jensen, Leff, Ratermanis, Marlas, Stev ens, and others for achievements in chemistry, engineering, law, journalism, commerce, band, and more.
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Iowa City
Gazette Area
University of Iowa
Cascade
Alfred E. Hughes
Law Club
Hawkeye
Julia May Miller
Iowa Associations of Plumbing Contractors
Kalona
M. Vivian Hochstetler
Phi Gamma Nu
UWA
Marion
Bruce D. Boling
Mt. Vernon
Walter D. Navin, Jr
Yama
John O. Penhollow
Eta Kappa Nu
Fred Stebler
Tipton
John A. Brady
Institute of Radio Engineers
Waukon
James E. Thomson
West Branch
Elizabeth Ann Phelps
Williamsburg
Eleanor Sears
Cedar Rapids
Carol Ann Zadnichek
Donald Charles Templeman
Maytag
Lorin John Meade
Francis Gerald Nilles
Order of the Coif
Donald, Robert Wilson
Marjorie Ellen Hahn
Iowa Press
Sigma Delta Chi
St. Louis Advertising Club
Darlene Marian Kugel
James Seymour Reeder
Murray
Harry William Steele
Bernard Weinberg
Roger Franklyn Peterson
James Ray Owens
Louis ‘James Maher, Jr
London
Sanxay
Liberal Larts
Ruby Carolyn Lascina
Dwight Emanuel Jensen
Brewer-Torch Press i
Donald Richard Stevens
Tau Beta Pi
Aristids Ratermanis
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Louis Anthony Marlas
Philip Arthur Leff
James Gordon Andrews
Paytag
Robert Charles Simmons
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sylvia Rae van Nostrand Starr
D.A.R
George Alvin Ojemann
Local Iowa Briefs Highlight Community Happenings
In Springville Mrs. Jake Hiner remains hospitalized at St Luke's. Waukon sees nursing graduate Frances Teeling from St Francis La Crosse. Strawberry Point re elects Lions president Loren James with officers listed. Greeley sends Jerry Waite to Hawkeye Boys State via Legion. Arlington plans a third well. Earlville welcomes the Klaus family to the Mabel Hahn house. Chelsea notes multiple patients at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. Traer reports band concert and a home talent show. Oxford Junction hosts Hawkeye Boys State attendees. Central City reports 1500 poppies sold for 167.33 dollars. Kalona notes Ronnie Smith at Hawkeye Boys State. Chelsea records Behounek in Mercy Cedar Rapids hospital. Newhall sends Charles Kunstorf to Hawkeye Boys State. Troy Mills builds new residence. Traer Lions elects States as president with officers listed.
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Strawberry Point
Loren James
Lions Club
Willis Huebner
C. W. Kohls
Alwin Zwanziger
Reynold Busse
Jrail-Twister
Harold Linderwell
W. L. Carlson
S. J. Meyer
L. H. Oldfather
Greeley
Jerry Waite
Hawkeye Boys State
The
Legion Post
Arlington
Earlville
James Klaus
Mabel Hahn
Chelsea
William Novak
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
TRAER
Wallace McMillan
Edward Stark
Scholtz Hospital
Waterloo
Central City
H. C. Anderson
Kalona
Ronnie Smith
Carl D. Smith
Charles Behounek
Mercy Hospital
Cecil Martin
Hannibal
Troz Mills
Art Millers
Oxford Junction
Wayne Benhart
Anamosa
Frank Hudrick
Ella Kosnar
Robert Allee
Newhall
Charles Kunstorf
Everett Kunstorf
Opera House
Amvets
Troy Mills
Harlan Walton
Dan J. M. Yoder
Iowa City
Claude E. States
Traer Lions Club
Gordon Smith
H. E. Munger
Wayne Dunlavey
Reuel W Haenze
Ted Joens
Leland L ‘Owens
Robert Naylor
Earl Griffith
Fort Madison names Robert P. Duffy police chief
Mayor Leroy Bean announced the appointment of 41 year old Robert P. Duffy as police chief. Duffy has served on the force since 1939 and was a captain since 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madilson
Leroy Bean
Robert P. Duffy
Duffy
East Iowans To Attend SU Speech Workshop
Iowa City Professor Hugh Seabury will direct the annual summer workshop in speech and dramatic art for high school students and a companion teachers’ workshop. June 27 to July 22 is the planned session with about 60 youths from 30 schools and growing enrollment over last year. Registered East Iowans include Jo Ann Moore Clermont Glee Pierce Guttenberg Frances Pundt Homestead David Conwell Ray Kadera Susan Stewart Iowa City Gail Weisley Mt. Vernon Judy Rominger Waukon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Hugh Seabury
University of Iowa
Seabury
Homestead
David Conwell
Ray Kadera
Susan Stewart
Gail Weisley
Mt. Vernon
Judy Rominger
Waukon
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Turtle
Roland Holden
Adrian Wetten
Albert Wetten
Rowley
Lowan
East
Sui
Carload Freezer
Tyler—Tops
Happel & Sons, Inc
3Rd Avenue
Coder Repide, Lowe
Atalissa
David H. Geske
Alpha Chi Sigma
Brooklyn
John B. Graham
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Iowa Briefs
Springville
Jake Hiner
Frances Teeling
Frank Teeling
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
Wis
First St. S.W
Sacro
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Wisc
U. S. Pat
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